The Golden Rule. We learned it in kindergarten. Somehow, it seems to have turned from doing unto others as you would want them to do unto you, and into whoever has the gold makes the rules and can do unto anyone as they please without consequence. In a world where making enough to stay housed … More Relearning the Golden Rule
I feel as if we are at a precipice for humanity. With all the various social media platforms and other media outlets acting both as a catalyst, for uniting our world through the ability to share different ethics, knowledge, cultures, and perspectives, with it, unfortunately, there are those that instead of embracing our diverse world … More The Time has Come
“Mother Teresa, in all aspects of her life, was a generous dispenser of divine mercy, making herself available for everyone through her welcome and defense of human life, those unborn and those abandoned and discarded,” “She bowed down before those who were spent, left to die on the side of the road, seeing in them … More Mother Teresa, Selflessness, and a Dark Night of the Soul
It’s easy to become numbed to the headlines of the day. The 24-hour nature of the news feeds us with endless horrors of war, terrorism, coups, and the very worse of man’s inhumanity to man writ large whether it’s on the front page in 74 point type on our phone’s news feed or somewhere in … More Everyday Tragedies
I was a rotten kid. My excitement came from seeing what I could get away with. – Louis Zamperini As the GI Generation and the Silent Generation leave us, we run the risk of losing their stories and the people who lived those years not as historical figures, but as those who made those historical … More Beating the Odds All The Way: Louis Zamperini
I’ve made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven’t lived in vain. – Muhammad Ali It’s hard for anyone but a Baby Boomer to remember when Cassius Clay burst onto the boxing scene. For many of the younger generations, they became accustomed to … More Men of Dignity and Conviction: Remembering Muhammad Ali and Nelson Mandela
In 2012, approximately 21,000 newborns began their lives in an NICU, suffering from Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Their addictions were not their choice, but began in the womb with their mother’s addiction to substances legal or illegal. While nobody denies that we are facing an epidemic of addiction, and that pregnant women are passing additions onto … More Starting Life Addicted: Time to Step Up
It should not be news that poverty is the largest driving factor in homelessness among youth, but there you have it. Poverty, family conflict, and abuse are a theme among homeless youth. Unfortunately so are run-ins with law enforcement where the young offenders who might need treatment for mental health and substance problems, or therapy … More How We Can End Homelessness Among America’s Youth
We like to kid ourselves that as a technologically advanced society, we have one of the foundations of civilization firmly in the can – clean, potable water. We are, as with many other things, lying to ourselves with the help of government and industries with agendas that do not include the expense of doing much … More Water: Losing Our Most Vital Resource
Oakley and Casey Jones, tourists from Idaho Falls, navigate the flooded streets of Miami Beach as they enter their hotel during last year’s king tide. Image by Emily Michot emichot@miamiherald.com Image Credit: Miami Herald What would 20 million climate refugees look like? The state of Florida has almost that many people, many of them concentrated on … More Climate Change Refugees: Only the Beginning
It can be easy to get so wrapped up in the day to day that we lose sight of how small we are when measured against the earth, time, and space. It’s a leveler that we can look up at the sky and admit that we don’t know it all, that the answers don’t come … More 5 Astronomical Puzzles
Paul David Pope 